LGBT+ Outdoor Adventures Group

Ramblings

BBC

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare Balding is with a group of young LGBT+ ramblers who meet once a month to explore the green spaces close to Manchester. Run by The Proud Trust, the outdoor adventures group is for 18-25-year-olds and is designed to combat social isolation and build both confidence and physical fitness. They always meet within striking distance of public transport and, today, are starting on the Chester Road in Stretford which is a mile from Trafford Park station. From there they walk partly along the River Mersey to Chorlton Water Park. It’s a local nature reserve which was created during the construction of the M60 motorway, when gravel was excavated and the resulting pit flooded to create the lake.

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Location Producer: Tom Bonnett (Producer: Karen Gregor)

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0:52.3	recorded on the radio at all fantastic because you're in the right place hands up if you don't want to be recorded on the radio at all. Fantastic, because you're in the right place.
0:56.8	Hands up if you don't want your name used on the radio. Just this one person? Okay. So we're going to say our name,
1:06.1	our pronouns, and then we're going to answer a question. Does anyone have an exciting question or shall I use mine?
1:11.3	Yeah, unless Claire does? I would say, what would be the one adjective you'd use to describe yourself?
1:17.6	Nice, that's beautiful. Okay, I'll start. So I'm Liv, I'm a youth worker and special projects
1:23.6	coordinator at the Proud Trust. I use she, her pronouns and an adjective to describe myself. Oh gosh. Enthusiastic. All right. My name's AJ. I use
1:35.8	they then pronouns and an adjective I would use to describe myself. It's loud. I'm
1:40.6	Elliot. I use they then pronouns and an adjective. Hello I'm Elena, I use they-then pronouns and an adjective.
1:45.0	Hello, I'm Elena. I take she-they pronouns and an adjective I'd use to describe myself would be curious.
1:53.0	My curious has just been taken, so I'm not going, hmm, flummoxed.
1:59.0	I'm Claire, I am the presenter of ramblings for Radio 4,
2:02.8	which is the reason that I'm with you today.
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